CAMBRIDGE GLOBAL ENGLISH 7: TEACHER’S RESOURCE
About the authors Chris Barker
Chris Barker is an author of English language teaching materials. With Libby Mitchell, he has written Stages 7, 8 and 9 of Cambridge Global English, for Cambridge Secondary 1 English as a Second Language. He has written secondary courses for international markets. He has also written grammar and vocabulary books and has developed materials for magazine-based language teaching. As a teacher trainer, he has given talks and workshops on teaching grammar and vocabulary, on getting students talking and on using drama in the classroom.
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Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as a commissioning editor in educational publishing in the UK and as a teacher with the British Council at the University of Belgrade. He also taught adult literacy in the UK. From 2012 to 2015 he was Chair of the Educational Writers Group of the Society of Authors.
Libby Mitchell
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Libby Mitchell writes language-learning materials in English and Spanish for secondary school students. She has taught English to teenagers and young adults in Spain and in the UK. With co-author Chris Barker, she has written Stages 7, 8 and 9 of Cambridge Global English and other materials for international markets, including coursebooks, magazines, workbooks and videos.
Olivia Johnston
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Olivia Johnston has worked in ELT for more than 40 years. She has taught students aged from 3 to 70 in the UK, Europe and the Middle East. She has also taught Classics, French and adult literacy, and trained teachers in Libya. Early on in her writing career, she wrote and edited ELT magazines for children and teenagers. Since then she has written primary, secondary and adult courses for Europe, Japan, Central and South America and the Middle East, as well as grammar, vocabulary, listening and puzzle books.
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Annie Altamirano
Annie Altamirano holds an MA in ELT and Applied Linguistics, (University of London). She has over 30 years’ experience as a teacher and teacher trainer. She has given teacher-training workshops in Europe, Asia and Latin America and for many years she served as a Cambridge English Speaking Examiner and as a Cambridge English Language Assessment presenter. She has worked with a wide range of publishers and written materials for children and adolescents. Her latest published work includes Cambridge Global English Teacher’s Resource and Cambridge Grammar & Writing Skills Levels 7–9 Teacher’s Resource published by Cambridge University Press. She has visited schools in Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Turkey, Indonesia and China to learn more about teachers’ needs and expectations. Since her early years as a teacher, Annie has integrated the use of film, art, poetry and diverse visual elements in her classes and materials as a way of helping students develop their linguistic skills as well as their creativity. She shares her ideas in her workshops and on the posts on her website Blogging Crazy http://bloggingcrazy-annie.blogspot.com.es/. She is currently the Vice-President of TESOL-SPAIN.
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